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Liberal Offer for Jersey Cattle.

Thomas W. Holloway, Secretary State
Agricultural and Mechanical Society, has
sent to the Columbia Register, for publ.
cation, the following resolution received
by him from Mr.. F. W. Wicks, Secretary
of the American Jersey Cattle Club,
New York. This liberal premium will
no doubt attract the attention of the
Jersey cattle men, and as a consequence
we may anticipate a lively competition at
the approaching State Fair:
Reaohcd, That the Board of Directors
be authorized and instructed to offer and
pay, for the year 1887, to the State Agri.
cultural Fair of each and every State in
the Union the sum of S1O0, to be given
to the exhibitor of the best herd Of regis.
tered Jersey cattle owned in said State,
said herd to consist of one bull and four
females; their comparative merits to be
decided by committee 10 be appointed
by each State Agricultural Association,
said premium to be known as 1.-THE
American Jersey Cattle Club Prize" and
shall be in addition TO prizes offered by
each State Agricultural ! Association.
The benefit of this resolution also to ap.
ply to the Dominion exhibition of Can.
ada to be held at Toronto.
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The Rear Guard Of Lees Army.

People who have never done any SOL
dieripg may not know that heavy rain
falls Immediately after battle in the
country near the scene of conflict. 1t is
a fact, however. 1t was the case after
Gettysburg. Our army left the field iu
a drencbing rain, the night being as dark
as pitch. The rains continued until we
left Hagerstown on the night Of July 49,
1868, on our march to the Potomac. The
whole country was vast sea of mud, in
places knee deep. Through the dismal
night we marched steadily forward, aud
arrived at Falling Waters about noon OF
the 14th. We fell in exhaustion upon
the soggy ground and went to sleep in
the rain. We were aroused by body of
Yankee cavalry charging through our
lines with pistols and drawn sabres. a
momentary confusion ensued, Gen. Petit
grew ives killed, but the cavalry was
decimated.
The cavalry was followed closely BY
Yankee infantry and artillery. Compa-
ny G, Orr's Rifles, was thrown out as .
skirmish line, and then ensued one of the
most gallant fights ever made oy the
company. They held back the advanc.
ing hosts of twenty times their number
until two divisions had crossed the Poto-
mac into Virginia. Then, surrounded
on all sides, in front and rear, the com.
pany surrendered nineteen men. In the
conflict they had killed two officers and
twenty.eight men, and wounded perhaps
Eve times that number. The pontoon
bridge was cut loose and the company
sacrificed to save the rear divisions of theJ
army.
To-day is the twenty, fourth anniyer.|
sary of that engagement. How many Of
the gallant band ye7--A6beuias|
Medium, July IA.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-07-27
When Sunstroke is Imminent.

When, during the heated term, ond
who has been exposed to the BUNS heated
rays begins to suffer from headache, gid
diness, nausea and disturbance of sight
accompanied with sudden and great
prostration Of the physical forces, sun
stroke is probably imminent. Ifsueh
one will take time by tho forelock and
Immediately retire to cool place, max
ing use of come simple restoratives, sucH
as aromatic ammonia, e!c., be may be
spared further trouble; but if be persist
with bis business he will doubtless soor
become very i'll, which illness usually
takes the form Of heat exhaustion, hea
apoplexy or genuine sunstroke, the ther
mic fever of some writer's:
Those who are exhausted by the heaa|
have cool, moist skin, rapid, weaE
pulse and respiration movement, and the
pupil is dilated. In fac: the aymptoms
are those Of collapse. These patients vii
probably recover promtly, an event which
may be hastened by the use of tonic
and restorative treatment,
Those who suffer from heat apople1y
frequently become unconscious at the
outset. The heat and breathing appa1
ratus is not markedly disturbed and the|
pupil may be normal, but the uncou-I /
sciousness deepens aud the case runs on
to fatal termination. An artery has
been broken in the brain and the poured
out blood pressing on the nerve centres
brings about the fatal event. A treat1
ment calculated to draw the blood from
the brain to the extrelnities-hot foot
baths, bleeding, etc., promises to be the
most useful in such cases.
The thermic fever patient is uncon-
scious and convulsed, ard his body tenn
perature may be 1OS or ITO degreea
Fabrenheit-that is, ten degrees above
normal The skin of this patient feels
as though it would burn your hand when
laid thereon. In this case the thorough
and prompt application of cold is needed
Ice to the head and cold water to the
body generally will be in order. Medis
cal advice should be promptly had iE
either of the two cases last referred to
Complete recovery from sunstroke is rare
the brain being permanently crippled in
many cases. Residence in cold climate
affords some hope for such patients
Philadelphia Times.
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has been made was made by him, unds5
the direction of his father. at Waypesburr3

has been made was made by him, under!
the direction of his father, at Waynesburg
Green county, when be was only IL 4year3
old. After working half day at inaat
ing the balloon, the supply of gas gayd
out when the balloon was only half full
The balloon refused to escend with sths
boy, when his father decided to do a thiDl
that never before or since bss been at
tempted. He cut the lower half of thd
balloon of. While he was doing this
some officious spectator cut the valua
rope two feet beyond the boys reach, and
in the midst of a rain storm the 14.year,
old aeronaut went sailing into space, ,spd
beyond the clouds, hatless aud coatlea
and without valve cord.
He was directed by his father not q
60 over two miles, but being unable q
reach the valve cord, he got caught in
heavy snow storm and was driven forty
miles in forty minutes. Landing wherd
there were no means of communication
he was not heard from FOR two days
The excitement Of the citizens WAS so in
tense that they organized q committeeitd
search for and give him reception wheI
found. When be was found the citizenA
filled his hat with money. He was near
Iy frozen to death during the voyage, and
when he descended was covered with ici}
cles. Since then he has made $50 ascen,
sions without an accident. -
The highest ascension ever made wa
on September S, 1862 by Jasaes Claisher3 !
T. R. S. He left the earth with aeronau9
Goggswell at WolYerhamptou, E6gfand|
at l.03 p. m., and at 1.54 was 10000 feeY
hig gb, going up at the rate Of 1000 fee
per minute. He kept on ascending unit
the balloon attained an altitude of 81, ,008
feet. Glaisher became utter unconcious
but Coggswell climed up the ropes, and
pulled the valve rope with his teeth
They descended at the rate Of 1000 feet
per minute until it came down easily
seven miles from the starting point ~
The longest and fastest balloon yoyags
was made on July /, 1859. by John VIE
ST., La Mountain and Oliver p. GageI
of New York. They left St., Louis at
D. m., and landed in Jefferson county
New York, at 9. 35 p. m. the next day
the distance being 1000 miles as the bird
flies, and 1900 miles as the balloon flew
PHILADELPHIA Times.
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If what the papers say is true, and
circumstances warrant their statements,
more money has been spent on both
sides, in the prohibition canvass, than
was ever spent before in an election in
Texas. Funds are now running low on
both sides. s.
1t is estimated that there are more
than $4,000 families in London with
only one room each to live in.
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al
will tell when it is smoked enough. Let
it hang until the last of February, and
then, to keep the shippers, bugs and
hairy worms out Of the hams, take them
down, wrap in paper and canvas with
common yellow homespun; make a
thick batter of red clay and dip them in
it, rubbing the mud we'll in to the inter.
stices of the cloth and hang up. They
will keep till some poor cityman, who
has eaten 80 called "sugar cured" bans
aud is sick, gives you Is cents pound
for them, and "blesses his stars and calls
it luxury" B. r. TILLMAN.
Roper's, S. c., July 2, 1887.
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Judge Pressley has cont

Judge Presley has continued the
case against Mr.. Geo. Johnstone for the
killing of Mr.. Jones in Newberry. His
reasons were that his wife's niece had
married Mr.. Johnstone's third cousin,
that he was friend of the family; that
Mr.. Johnston had helped to elect him 10
the Judgeship and he didn't want to sit
on his case.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-07-27
A Strange Phenomenon.

Having heard of the knocking on q
tenant house belonging to Mr.. Jesse F.
Cleveland in the upper part of Green
vile County, aud knowing that Capt. A.
B. Talley lived near the place, we insist
ed on his giving US all the information
he had on the subject. We took the
opportunity to interview him for the
further reason, that he is we'll known to
most of our readers as being extremely
practical and not having the least tinc-
ture of romance about his make up.
The following is the interview:
"Will you describe the. knocking on
Mr. Lockaby's house?"
"I visited the house in company with
Mr.. Jesse F. Cleveland and two other
gentlemen one evening for the purpose
of investigating the rappings which had
SO much disturbed the occupants of the
house, Mr.. and Mrs. Lockaby. The
building is a log house, having the cracks
lined on the outside with sheetins; plead.
We had been there buta short time. Mr..
Lockaby and his wife retired, when we
heard s. gentle rapping on the middle Of
the wall opposite the bed upon which
Mrs. Lockaby WAS lying. After short
intervals the knocking was repeated with
greater force, another interval when it
was repeated with SO much force that it
Jared the house, and the noise could
have been heard 800 yards or more.
Then it gave long stroke, apparently
beginning near the top of the wall and
making violent scrape downward, like
some one scrapipg the floor with his. foot
when he wished to make as much fuss as
possible. In about FIVE minutes came
heavy blows against the wall, jarriDg the
whole house. At short intervals the
knocking was repeated three or four
times. The rappings were kept up at
short intervals, interspersed with a noise
like some one saving plank rapidly
with coarse saw. This continued until
about o'clock a. M"
"Could you discover no external
cause?"
"The most careful examination failed
to show any cause. 1t is evident that it
+ is unconsciously produced by Mrs. Lock
aby. The rappiugs frightened and an.
noyed her very much, which is caused by
the superstitious suggestions made by
some of the neighbors, who are ready to
believe that every mystery they do not
comprehend is supernatural; but Of
course there is no good reason for such
suggestions.
"The knocking must be accounted for
on the same principle as the electrical
table rapping, which is SO often resorted
to in social circles for the amusement Of
young people; for on the following night
a young man, who is accustomed to max.
ing the table rap, being present, asked
the mysterious force several questions, all
of which were answered according to his
own mind" ."-Pickens Sentinel.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-07-27
: The orange groves of Florida /

= The orange groves of Florida have
astonished the natives by putting out q
crop of blossoms this month. The Orlan-
do Sentinel says it is a surprise to the
oldest inhabitants. The groves are in as
full bloom as they generally are in Feb>
ruary and March, and large crop of
fruit is expected, though it will be late in
ripening.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-07-27
fourteen must attend school at least 80

fourteen must attend school at least oU
days each year.
There are but few public high.schools in
the State, secondary instruction being
largely sapplied by incorporated acade-
mics and private schools. The most i'm
portant schools Of this grade are the
Episcopal Academy, at Cheshire; the
Connecticut Literary Institute, at
sufeld; /; the Norwich Free Academy
the Bulkeley School, at New London
the Morgan School, at Clinton; and the
Hopkins Grammar School, at New Ha-
ven.
The State maintains one Normal
School, located at New Britain.
The institutions ofsuperior instruction
are Yale College, at New Haven; Trinity
College, at Hartford; and Wesleyan
University, at Middletown. 500 55g
The institutions for professional and
scientific instruction are the Sheffield
Scientific School of Yale. College; Berke.
ley Divinity School, at Middletown; the
Theological Institute Of Connecticut, at
Hartford; Yale Divinity School; Yale
Law School; and the Medical Institution
of Yale College. s.
The American Asylum for Deaf and
Dumb at Hsrtfort was the first of its
kind established in America. The
Whipple Home for Deaf Mutes teaches
the deaf and dumb to talk.
MAINE.
Public Schools are provided for all
children between the ages of four and
twenty one; and children between nine
and twelve are required by law to attend
school at least. twelve weeks in each year.
The principal stockholders are a
State Superintendent, school. ol.committees
elected by the towns, and school-agents
elected by the districts. In the larger
towns there are Free High.Schools;
Normal Schools are maintained at Farm
ington, Castiue, and Gorham.
The principal institutions for superior
instruction are Bowdoin College, at
Brunswick; Colby University, at Water.
willie; z Bates College, at lewiston; the
State College of Agriculture and Me.
chanic Arts, at O'rono; the Maine Wes.
leyan Seminary and Female College, at
Kent's Hill; the Westbrook Seminary,
at Deering; and the Waterville Classical
Institute, at Waterville. There are
Theological Seminaries at Bangor and
Lewiston.
VERMONT.
Common Schools are maintained in
the State, and all children between the
ages of eight and fourteen are required
by law to attend school for at least three
months in the year. These are three
Normal Schools, at Randolph, Johnson,
and Castleton. ea
The principal institutions of superior
instruction are the University of Ver-
mont, at Burlington; Middlebury Col.
lege, at Middlebury; and Norwich Uni.
versity,. at Mortified. The Vermont
Methodist Seminary, at Montpelier, is
designed to furnish superior instruction
for women.
Other leading institutions of learning
are the Episcopal Institute, at Burling-
ton; the Literary and Theological Insti-
tuition, at Fairfax; Goddard Seminary,
at Barre; and the Academies at St.
Johnsbury, Saxton's River, PoultDey,
and Barre; aud the Classical Institute
at Essex.
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= 1t is estimated that the total pro.
duction of coffee in the world is about
100000 TO 65O,000 tons, of which Brazil
alone produces between $40, 900 and $780,.
600 tons and Java $4,000 to 10000 tons.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-07-27
HOG RAISING.
Some Practical Hints on the Raising OF
Hogs and the Curing of Hams.

From The Charleston Weekly Ne,vs and Courier.
The weekly Neavs and Courier asks me
to join its coteric of wise men who can
make cotton at three cents per pound
and do other wonderful things, and
wants me to contribute an article to its
agricultural department on curing
hams.". My vanity is tickled by the as.
surance: "I have tasted some of your
hams and they are the sweetest have
ever eaten" Now, who could resist
that? Not I, even though I lose caste
with my fellows, who will smile to see
me playing the unaccustomed role of
telling others chow to do it.'' Besides, I
have had such free license to use its col.
umns for the purpose Of airing our griev.
auces and advocating reforms, that !
would be ungrateful and appear cburlish
to refuse so simple request. So here
goes for 'sswim in the agricultural
millpond," pure and simple, along with
Peterkin, Clarkson, Watts, &c., and for
once, without a scintilla Of "politics"
being "in il"
1t is a strange feeling, and my unac.
customed pencil hardly knows whether
to write or not. Then there is nobody to
quarrel with and dig under the fifth rib,
and I feel altogether uncomfortable.
Yes, there is the hog. 1 have got to
stick the hog before I can cure his hams,
and though he can only squeal in indig-
nant protest, like others whom I have
stuck have done, and die swearing he is
syinnocent and ought to be letalcne, still
he must die in the cause of agricultural
science, and in order to gain me admis-
sion to the Agricultural Department of
the weekly Ns,es and Courier" My, dear
readers of the.Agriculturd Departmant,'
congratulate me! lam promoted and
forever lifted above detraction and accu-
sstiops of "failure,s andI feel as proud
as a "Bashaw with three tails" Come
forward, ye agricultural geniuses, whose
pens have illumined the "farmers' cor.
ner" of our great weekly, and give me
the right hand-of fellowship, while the
choir, led by Josiah Plain, sings
prophetic and mysterious truths,
I never could unfold 'em.
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"Like one who on some lonesome road
Doth walk In fear and dread,
And having once turned round
Walks on and turns no more his head,
For we'll he knows that those close behind,
Some frightful fend doth tread"
The result of the battle is historic. 1t
was an utter rout of the Union forces.
The Southern soldiers were dressed as
civilians, many of them having on the
finest cassimeres. They had an epaulette
of Aannelto to distinguish them from the
enemy. In the route we captured a
wagon load of handouts brought down
for theipurpose of degrading our leaders.
Krimminger, a printer from Due West,
captured lot of hoopskirts and ball
slippers. The editor of the Medium
captured the saddle.pockets of pay.
master with 81 500 in gold. he handed
it over to the Confederate States like a
natural born fool"
These reflections are entirely personal ,
but it is pleasant to remember these incl
dents of the heroic past.-A6beuige Medi.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-12-18
RUNGE OFFERS FIFTEEN CENTS
Delegation 10 Dallas Signal Officer Trans
teued to Chicago

GALVESTON, Dec. IL The COM
m.tteo appointed by Mayor Fulton to
attend the immigra ION convention AT
Dallas on the 10Th, na, been enlarged
byth addition of W'iter Gresham
and NJ. Il. Sigh. The uu del ageuon,
headed by Major Lowe, OF tuo News,
VIII cave sunday nigh tor North
VeXas Indications point 10 q large
and enthusiastic convention of the re
prrseutariVe business men ot Texas
T.. ID. Chase, the late slgua. officer
in charge here, has been ordered to
ropprC for duty al Chicago, as
assistant observer OF that alton
trlrgWms received here from New
York STA thN julius Runge, Of the
hrm Of kaufman q Rubgc, VINO is
now III New \ ork. recently called a
mee-iug Of his creditors in THAT city
and submitted proposition to pay
Ii teen cents ON the aOl ar in ca.h II
is said that nearly a. the a American
ere ditor- signed their Willingness to
acc -pt l.uuge's proposition, but Eng
,lsh ana German creditors, some OF
whom were repre- ented, were Obda-
rate and unwilling to settle on such II
ba- :. 1t is therefore believed tnat
negotiations looking toward settle
meut of kaufman ~ ltunge's
indebtedness, are for the
time beng, at stand-sull,
although Runge It'll continues his
efforts in New York. Gradually the
facts of the great cotton desl of last
summer are becoming known. Ii Is
stated upon good authority that
Runge paid ont somethingoyer 5000
0Op on his cotton and wheat losses
la-t June and July, aud that, " hen
the crash came, he was still owing
about 100000 TO his several brokers
at New York and New Orleans and to
foreign bankers. 1t il this later in
debtedness that is now IN course OF
adjustment. 1t vii. be seen that even
Mt fifteen cents on the dollar. MI
Runge would require about one hun
bred thousand dollars in cash to sell
tie, and this money, it is sald, is
I placed at his command tor this pur-
pose by one of his numerous wealthy
/ friends and admirers.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-12-18

Beautiful Christmas cards in new
aud cha-tn designs, al w. y. Wllliam-
son X Co.'S
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-12-18
Toys, Fancy Goods, Orna1

We complete stock of dolls Kitchen wash
old maid musical authors building blocks wllharws vIed roc
fddle and acaorCons further
Weve elegant line ladies breast gents cuff buttons pins and
albums fancy and sancerS shaving and presents children
nj and DTS o them
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-12-18
. and 1OC. Store,
sotv a1aol
Real EstuteTrnn.fers.

He'd N the county clerks olllce yesterday
and reported for THE ExAAISEE by the
abstract firm of Cessedsy y Dilworth, 80
ALl..- N atLDnt.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-12-18

II this geln5 neu should get hard
up he would 20 to DUFF DoMNAU,
tor assistance, rs DoMNAu's is the best
place in Texas to get money or to
'peud it. Blue trout, south side Of
square, sign of three gilt balls Wac
aud Gil Main street. Dallas
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-01-25
Paper Boots and Shoes.

Some very attractive specimens OF
paper slippers, sandals, and other cover
ings for the feet, a substitute for leather,
etc., have been brought to notice in
London, where their manufacture has
been recently undertaken. For this
purpose, paper, paper pulp or papicr
machc is employed in making the upper,
which is nodded to the desired form and
size; the sole is made of paper or paste
board, leather board, or other adapted
paper material, Il union of this sole to
the upper being effected by means of
cement, glue, or other adhesive material
the plan is to have the upper creased,
embossed or perforated at the instcp and
sides, so as to prevent any breaking or
tearing while in use. The sole may be
made with or without a heel.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-01-25
Little OpDOrtunIttcs.

Very few of us have opportunities to
do great things, but we all may be kind
and loving to those about us, and can
never tell how far our kind words ana
loving acts may reach. The Youths
Temperance Banner gives an incident
which proves that great good sometimes
grow out of small actions.
Zoa Iiodman, rs she practiccd her music
day after day. noticed n tiny, ~poorly-clad
child hanging around the gate.
"Who is it - she asked, ''and why
does she comcY'
s'Shc is charmed, I think" replied her
aunt, laughing. "lIcr name is Maggie
Sherman, and her poor father is one Of
the victims of drink" she added more
sobcrly. Poor little thing! it is too
bad"
Zou went to the door.
Come in, little Maggic!" she said
kindly.
The child could hardly credit her
senses. The beautiful young lady, who
sang so like an angel, had spoken to her
had asked her to conc in:
She entered shyiy.
Are you fond of music2" Zoa asked.
80, ycs,' she answered; II do love it
So"
And can you sing!'
"a littlc-somc of the pretty songi
you sing" said the child.
Il am glad to sing for you; won't you
let me hear You sing?' said the beautiful
young lady.
Little Maggie commenced with n trem-
bling voice, for she felt like one in
IL dream: but as she sang on the music
took possession of her, and she thrilled
and warbled like a bird.
"Thank you," said Zoa, Would you
like to hav. nc teach you to sing and
play, Maggie"
20! o! would you! But I have no
money"
''No; and I do not Offer to teach you
for money. Only come to me every day,
and I will teach you what I can"
When Maggie Sherman y few years
later became n noted singer and musician,
md lifted her ia hers family to respect
ability and comfort, it was not generally
known that all their happiness arose
from the kindness of Zoa Rodman.